Continuing with our series of major announcements on Open Left, this morning I am very excited to welcome David Sirota as Open Left's new full-time blogger. David will be joining me as the second regular weekday blogger, as Matt Stoller is now working in the House of Representatives, solving the rootsgap.
Matt can never be replaced-and we will always await his return--but David will be a force in his own right. As the author of two books, as a nationally syndicated columnist, as a regular presence on a number of blogs, as a freelance writer and as an editor for In These Times, David's accomplishments as a writer are impressive (and enviable). But beyond his accomplishments as a writer, it is what he writes, and the passion with which he writers it, that makes him such a good fit for Open Left. David has consistently, forcefully, and insightfully advocated for a broad, populist, progressive shift away from our aristocratic, top-down, right-wing, corporatist institutional structures. It isn't a stretch to say that his vision is what Open Left is all about.
So, welcome aboard David! It is an great honor to have you with us. I forsee great things for our community in the coming months and years, and this is a big step in that direction.
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